RAWALPINDI: Pakistani mountaineer Hassan Sadpara passed away on Saturday. He was 53.
Sadpara was battling cancer at the CMH where the government said it was paying for his medical expenses.
Sadpara who hailed from a small village in Skardu became the first Pakistani to climb six highest peaks of the world including the Mount Everest (8848m), K2 (8611m), Gasherbrum I (8080m), Gasherbrum II(8034m), Nanga Parbat (8126 m) and Broad Peak (8051m).
He started off as a porter for mountaineers and gradually made his way up.
